Dont Stop Believin' Dethroned from Top Rock Song Spot
Posted: Fri Feb 14, 2014 7:00 amI recently saw this article and didn't see it posted on the forum. It is about a month old, but still relevant Journey news. Don't Stop Believin' finally loses its place as top rock digital download. Imagine Dragons surpasses the 6 million mark with their hit "Radioactive".
By Paul Grein
January 2, 2014 7:14 PM
Yahoo Music
Imagine Dragons' "Radioactive" this week pulls ahead of Journey's "Don't Stop Believin'" to become the best-selling rock song in digital history. "Radioactive" has sold 6,043,000 copies. Journey's 1981 warhorse has sold 5,943,000 (and more than 1 million additional copies on vinyl).
The Fine Print: Five songs rank ahead of these two on Nielsen SoundScan's running list of the 200 best-selling rock songs in digital history. But I think they're closer to pop than rock. So did the Grammy screening committee which slotted them all in the pop field rather than the rock field. You decide for yourself. Here are the top five songs on Nielsen SoundScan's list of the top rock songs in digital history, with their sales tallies as of this week: "Somebody That I Used To Know" by Gotye featuring Kimbra (7,545,000), "We Are Young" by fun. featuring Janelle Monae (6,830,000), Jason Mraz's "I'm Yours" (6,743,000), Train's "Hey, Soul Sister" (6,417,000) and Coldplay's "Viva La Vida" (6,131,000). We could probably debate Coldplay, but Train? "Hey, Soul Sister" is pure pop. (That's no insult, by the way. It's a great record. But it ain't rock.)
Across all genres, "Radioactive" is the 26th song to sell 6 million digital copies.
Full Article here: http://music.yahoo.com/blogs/music-news ... 39867.html
By Paul Grein
January 2, 2014 7:14 PM
Yahoo Music
Imagine Dragons' "Radioactive" this week pulls ahead of Journey's "Don't Stop Believin'" to become the best-selling rock song in digital history. "Radioactive" has sold 6,043,000 copies. Journey's 1981 warhorse has sold 5,943,000 (and more than 1 million additional copies on vinyl).
The Fine Print: Five songs rank ahead of these two on Nielsen SoundScan's running list of the 200 best-selling rock songs in digital history. But I think they're closer to pop than rock. So did the Grammy screening committee which slotted them all in the pop field rather than the rock field. You decide for yourself. Here are the top five songs on Nielsen SoundScan's list of the top rock songs in digital history, with their sales tallies as of this week: "Somebody That I Used To Know" by Gotye featuring Kimbra (7,545,000), "We Are Young" by fun. featuring Janelle Monae (6,830,000), Jason Mraz's "I'm Yours" (6,743,000), Train's "Hey, Soul Sister" (6,417,000) and Coldplay's "Viva La Vida" (6,131,000). We could probably debate Coldplay, but Train? "Hey, Soul Sister" is pure pop. (That's no insult, by the way. It's a great record. But it ain't rock.)
Across all genres, "Radioactive" is the 26th song to sell 6 million digital copies.
Full Article here: http://music.yahoo.com/blogs/music-news ... 39867.html